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Last In Line
05:03
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I used to shake down my neighbors for the PTA
that's what it meant to be a good boy scout
fake my way through every backwards skate
just so I could learn how it feels to fall down
Now I'm ten years away from a midlife crisis
reeling from religion and turning down sex
pretending I know what the meaning of life is
while I fumble with which excuse I'm gonna use next
I'm just a cry cry baby
a coward and a cheat
half the man I promised that I was last week
I'm a second place finish
but in record time
first to volunteer to be the last in line
What I wouldn't give to lose this company shirt,
sweep all my ashes 'cross the retail floor
Mama always told me to dress for success,
but we both know those clothes don't fit me no more
now I'm crunching numbers on Tennessee summers,
trying like hell to keep utilities down
no use wasting water washing bedroom linens
when all of these dreams keep me awake anyhow
And leave me like a cry cry baby
a coward and a cheat
feeling like I'm winning on a losing streak
driving down a one-way highway
ignoring warning signs
they're all telling me I'm bound to be the last in line
Five dollar covers and expired IDs
it's not a life a sane man would choose
try to leave a mark, but barely leave a bruise
still they say, what have you got to lose?
I lost my faith when the preacher failed me
and I lost my nerve to see my father cry
lost my first girl somewhere back in the 80s
and I lost my friends when I lost my mind
which brings me up to speed to my generation,
we're living out a fantasy we'll never afford
re-writing the rules on procrastination
'cause we started too late to admit that we're bored
We're just a bunch of cry cry babies,
cowards and cheats,
we're just half the men we promised that we were last week
running for a second place finish, but in record time
first to volunteer to be the last in line
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Learning Now
04:04
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3. |
Old Man and the Sea
06:52
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Yearbook Signatures
05:04
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5. |
Kimberly Met Billy
04:41
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Tennessee Dime
05:55
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Lifers
05:13
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8. |
Say It's Closing Time
03:47
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Jon Latham Nashville, Tennessee
GOOD-ASS, WORDY ROCK AND ROLL.
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